Legality of Harmon's address questioned

10:15 PM,
Mar. 12, 2014

Wilmington City Council President Theo Gregory

Written by

Yann Ranaivo
The News Journal

Wilmington City Council President Theo Gregory gave a $400-an-hour city contract last year to a lawyer who was suspended from practicing in Pennsylvania and who practiced in Delaware without an office, despite a rule that says lawyers must have one in the state.

Gregory hired Calvin Harmon, a lawyer who's at the center of a city ethics complaint against Gregory, to help the council in its fight against Mayor Dennis Williams. Williams thought a proposed $250,000 allocation for grants amounted to a slush fund for council members. Williams took council to court to stop Gregory from canceling a ...